Movie Weapons wiki

[Spartan198]

MPM, I know this might be a tedious task, since you have literally hundreds of images from your own armory on this site, but have you ever considered reuploading versions of them with an IMFDB watermark like this one of an M9 pistol?

[The Wierd It]

Originally Posted by Spartan198

MPM, I know this might be a tedious task, since you have literally hundreds of images from your own armory on this site, but have you ever considered reuploading versions of them with an IMFDB watermark like this one of an M9 pistol?

That watermark could be taken out by anyone using paint in about twenty seconds.

[Evil Tim]

Yeah, the trouble with watermarks is either

a) They're not on the image, so you can just paint over them with the background colour or snip them out or
b) They are on the image and ruin it.

Though I've seen some from IGN are just a slight shift from the background colour you can't really see it unless you're looking for it (I think it's a photoshop template of some kind that slightly alters the colours it's placed over). This had one rather infamous consequence when Capcom couldn't find a file copy of the boxart to a game they were re-releasing:



Look in front of the wolf's mouth if you can't see it. And yes, it was actually released in stores like that.

[MoviePropMaster2008]

Originally Posted by The Wierd It

That watermark could be taken out by anyone using paint in about twenty seconds.

True, but removing it shows clear intent to violate copyright. ANY watermark can be removed with enough skill and time in Photoshop. All we have to do is show the original image WITH the watermark and per DMCA rules, the site must remove it. You can never STOP piracy, but you can take steps to PROVE piracy after the fact.

[Rockwolf66]

Originally Posted by MoviePropMaster2008

True, but removing it shows clear intent to violate copyright. ANY watermark can be removed with enough skill and time in Photoshop. All we have to do is show the original image WITH the watermark and per DMCA rules, the site must remove it. You can never STOP piracy, but you can take steps to PROVE piracy after the fact.

I know of a couple people who do use our images for private use. They are not trying to get fame and fortune off of our work. People like that I don't mind. Moviemaster1993 and the person who uses the IMFDB name on Youtube I have nothing but dislike for.

[k9870]

Ive posted on gun forums but gave credit to imfdb/source if given to us by outside. this on the other hand is theft. Hope its taken off his pathetic site soon, how did op find that site anyway?

[mpe2010]

Originally Posted by Rockwolf66

People like that I don't mind. Moviemaster1993 and the person who uses the IMFDB name on Youtube I have nothing but dislike for.

i found another one.
http://www.youtube.com/user/RedditSC

How can you be sponsored by a wiki?

[bunni]

Originally Posted by mpe2010

i found another one.
http://www.youtube.com/user/RedditSC

How can you be sponsored by a wiki?

Hah! This came up before but that was me. I enjoy watching Starcraft and threw them a few bucks and asked them to mention imfdb. (:

[Excalibur]

A part of me wants to give into the child in me and go over to Moviemaster's new wiki and vandalize the hell out of it, throwing up pages and deleting his crap, but since I'm an adult, I'll refrain from thinking that. I am better than him.

[Gunmaster45]

Originally Posted by Spartan198

MPM, I know this might be a tedious task, since you have literally hundreds of images from your own armory on this site, but have you ever considered reuploading versions of them with an IMFDB watermark like this one of an M9 pistol?

We considered that before, but it's far too easy for someone to just erase the watermark and steal the image. He'd have to put the watermark over the gun itself, and that would somewhat defeat the purpose of a quality firearm image.

If there's a way to lock the images from being copy and pasted though, that would reduce image jacking. Some could still Print-Scrn it, but most image thieves (such as Moviemaster1993) are not likely that smart or have a large enough attention span to perform such a task.